Expected, Inspected, & Respected.
"We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience."
-John Dewey |
"We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience."
-John Dewey |
Today, our professor asked us this question and I thought of this TEDx talk by John Hattie that I saw with the staff at a recent West Kildonan Collegiate PD day. He looks at the affect various educational practices have on learning and comes up with some startling conclusions. Unfortunately, I couldn't remember any of the conclusions he came to, so when it was my time to answer the question in class I talked about how chairs and desks in most classrooms are all the same and don't fit the needs of all learners (although things are getting better). If you don't have 16 minutes to discover the results yourself, here's the summary: Numbers in red: Harmful to learning Numbers in yellow: No real effect on learning Numbers in green: Beneficial to learning Most debates about educational improvement revolve around these things but none of them make a big difference in student achievement. Who the kids are or what they've been through doesn't have a big impact on student achievement. These programs don't affect student achievement much either. Technology is in the same boat, and it's looking like all the things that don't have much of an effect on educational outcomes are going to need a bigger boat. To reiterate, things that have a large influence on student achievement are: The things that matter most to student achievement are: If Mr. Hattie's results are to be believed, then this is where schools should be focussing their efforts. It was surprising to see collaborative teachers so high on the list but I'm happy to see that mistakes as a tool for learning ranks in the top 3. Mistakes in my classroom will be expected, inspected, and respected.
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